Серия статей, Journal of Language relations, 3: 2010 - p. 43-78 (Items 1-34); 5: 2011 - p. 69-95 (Items 35-54); 7: 2012 - p. 71-104 (Items 55-74); 11: 2014 - p. 159-186 (Items 75-100); 13/1-2: 2015 - p. 91-138 (Addenta and conclusion)The paper presents a detailed etymological analysis of the Swadesh 100 wordlist
as attested in most of the living and extinct Semitic languages, aiming
at a maximally precise lexical reconstruction of these items for Proto-Semitic as well as intermediate
stages (West Semitic, South Semitic, etc.). All the etymologies are meticulously
accompanied with evaluations of alternative possibilities of reconstruction, potential external
parallels in other Afroasiatic languages, and — occasionally — discussions of a more generally
methodological character.
